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Pilica New Jewish Cemetery

Cemetery Information

Country
Poland
Region
Silesian Voivodeship
District
Zawiercie
Settlement
Pilica
Site address
Adjacent to 1, Wilcze Doły Street.
GPS coordinates
50.453065, 19.643546
Perimeter length
409 meters
Is the cemetery demolished
no
Type and height of existing fence
The site has a concrete wall about 1.7 meters in height.
Preservation condition
Fenced and protected Jewish cemetery
General site condition
The cemetery is fenced, though neglected. It is extremely overgrown with dense bushes. There are only a few paths in the cemetery leading to a few tombstones, while the rest are inaccessible. Many tombstones have survived at the site.
Number of existing gravestones
About 300.
Date of oldest tombstone
1870
Date of newest tombstone
1935
Urgency of erecting a fence
Fence is not needed
Land ownership
Other
Preserved construction on site
Ohel of Pinchas Eliasz, the son of Jakub Józef Rotenberg, a dayan from Pilica, and Hendel Lea, daughter of Abraham Mordechaj from Góra Kalwaria, wife of Pinchas Menachem Justman of Pilica.
Drone surveys
Yes

Historical overview

The new cemetery in Pilica was established in 1842. It was situated outside of the town, along the road to the village of Kocikowo. The place used to be called “The Blackwood Cemetery”.

Earlier, a preburial house with a dwelling for a janitor had been located there. The whole area had been fenced. During the Second World War, the Germans devastated the cemetery. In the years 1943-1944, they removed numerous tombstones and destroyed the pre-burial house. In 1942-1943, executions of Jews who had been hiding in the neighbouring villages took place in the cemetery. In 1945, the gendarmerie of Wolbrom shot 70 people from Pilica in the cemetery. On the area of 1 ha, 327 gravestones have been preserved. The area is fenced by a concrete wall with an iron entrance gate. In the State Archive in Kielce there is a drawing of a cemetery development and extension project, created in 1884 by Karol Czaplicki, an architect-engineer from Olkusz County.

Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
Pilica New Jewish Cemetery
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